pearl /pərl/
noun
noun: pearl; plural noun: pearls
1. a hard, lustrous spherical mass, typically white or bluish-gray, formed within the shell of a pearl oyster or other bivalve mollusk and highly prized as a gem.
• an artificial imitation of this.
• a necklace of pearls.
• something resembling a pearl in appearance.
"the sweat stood in pearls along his forehead"
• short for mother-of-pearl.
• a very pale bluish gray or white like the color of a pearl.
2. a precious thing; the finest example of something.
"the nation's media were assembled to hear his pearls of wisdom"
verb
verb: pearl; 3rd person present: pearls; past tense: pearled;
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